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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ., ISIS
no CORRESPONDENCE

We cannot notice anonymous communica-
tous. Ia all cases we require the writer's name
aud address. moi tor publication, hut as II
guarantee OF good faith. And correspondents
should write upon one side of their sheet only
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
HarristOn's Gift:
HUGH CONWAY.
CONTINUED }

CONTINUED
doing anything TO facilitate that discovery.
Again urged him TO intrust tho whole af-
TAR 10 the pollce Again ne refused 10 90
so, adding that he was not quite ready
Ready for what, / wondered
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09

Your old MorMou boots and Shoes and get nice pair cheap ut
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
Trials of a Consul.

A Young fellow, writes an attache to
an American consulate in England, I'M
mistakably a Bowery boy, staggered in
and demanded to be sent home, found
he had no claim, and denied him. He
was persistent, and finally insolent, and
told me he knew the ropes well; that he
was too fly for me; that he knew ''de
Government give me $500 year to send
de boys home, and / didn't send 'em to
swag de TIM l called the bOuncer,
necessary appendage to seaport con
sulate, for whom the Government ought
to make an appropriation, and had HIM
thrown out. But he was the 0Uant g0rde
of an army Within two hours five
fellows, one after another, and, with cum
ming effrontery, or insolence, according
to their natures, informed me that they
knew all about it; that the fewer l sent
to the States, the more money made, and
that I had better not carry it too far.
This was getting interesting, and the
next applicant for part of the hoard that
1 was robbing the poor of was closely
questioned After a long and searching
inquiry I found that an old sailor whom
I had the day before refused a sixpence
for beer was buttonholing every old cast
away and beach conner on the quays and
saving: 600 to the Yankee Consul if you
want a soft berth. He gets lot of
money to send poor fellows to the States,
and he's pocketing most of it; but if
you shove him hard enough he's bound to
send you" This was an ingenious venge-
ance, wasn't it? And it gave me
trouble for months. Indeed, after a
year 'Boston boy" as he, with visible
swelling, informed me, seemed utterly
heart-broken that he had been misin-
! formed in the streets about his chances
of getting home. He earnestly begged
a shilling to get some supper, which L
gave him. He left me, and, as [ acct
dentally noticed through the window,
Joined particularly indurated old she'll
! back. So l followed them, and, as
supposed, they sought the first bar, |
went after them and quietly demanded
my shilling back, under pain of prosecu-
ton for obtaining money under false
pretenses; but the Boston boy noncha-
iantly informed me that he was being
treated by the other fellow, and that my
shilling was safe in his pocket, where 1t
| should remain While l was hunting a
policeman he got away.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
Summer Following.

The practice of summer following,
now so prevalent in many Northwestern
sections, is claimed by many to actually
add to the richness of the land This is
supposed to be so because larger crops are
grown upon lands so treated. care not
these larger crops due" asks the Mime
sofa Farmer, ''rather to the fact that con-
slant stirring has so pulvcrized the
ground that it is placedin a mechanical
condition suitable for the grain sown on
it to more completely absorb the elements
required for their growth, and, there
fore, while producing larger crops the
sooner exhausted Summer following
without manure will eventually become a
broken reed for the farmer to lean upon.
A judicious rotation is far preferable.
Some intelligent farmers claim that tt ey
have thoroughly tried summer following
to get rid of weeds, and that as means
to accomplish that purpose it is fiat
failure. The plan has its merits, but at
best it must have the important objec-
ton urged against it that one years
crop is unavoidably lost while the interest
on the investment, the taxes and time go
right on without let up. Still, it has
been practice in old agricultural coun-
tries for hundreds of years, and has done
good service"
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
A Clever OriOle.

An observing correspondent. Mr.. G.
B. NJ, sends me a letter about my
friends. the orioles, or rather about one
of these birds that had keen eye to
business. 1T is curious" says Mr.. q.
B. NJ, what a variety of materials Bal
timore orioles will use in the construc-
ton Of their nests In the lawn Of one
of the prettiest homes in the State OF
MARYLAND pair Of orioles selected tree
in which to build. 1t was large fir
tree. about forty five feet from the house.
The lady of the house was sewing by one
of the windows opposite this tree early
one beautiful summer morning, and, on
being called away to some other room,
she placed her spool of cotton on the
window sill. When she returned she
found the spool was gone, and on look
ing for it. discovered it on the floor OF
the porch, which was just outside of the
window. She found that a considerable
length of the cotton was unwOund, and
looking for the end of it she traced 1t up
TO the nest of the orioles, and saw the
bird busily weaving>i it into the nest The
lady placed the spool in the window, and
il was shown as a curiosity to all who
visited the house was one who was so
fortunate as to see this curious proof OF
bird ingenuity. "-iSt. Nicholas
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
Remarkable Canary Bird.

Perhaps the most remarkable canary
bird in the city of New York died from
au apoplectic fit last week. 1t was what
is called an educated ''tune bird" Ii
sang ''Life let us cherish, by Mozart, SC
well that it was genuine pleasure to
listen to it. This bird belonged to Mr..
Hoff, who has a large barber shop IN
Union Square. There are at present two
more ''tune birds" in this city, one be
longing to Mrs. Beckwith and the Other
to Mr.. Rolston of the Farmers Loan d
Trust Company, but neither one of these
can sing so well as could the little song
ster that died last week. About three
years ago Mr. Hoff was offered five hun
dred dollars for it by a Spaniard con
nected with the Legation at Washing
ton. who wanted to present it to the
present Queen Regent of Spain, Maria
Christina. Mr. Hoff declined to sell 1t
for five hundred dollars, whereupon he
was asked how much lie would take. He
replied that he would not name any
amount, inasmuch as he had made up his
mind to keep the little fellow as long as
he lived. -Ne,o York Epoch.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
Clydesdale Horses.

The Clydesdales have long been recog-
nized as leading and very valuable race
of heavy draught-horses, but they were
never bred to such high degree of eX
cellence as at present. The old type OF
Clydesdale, while massive and strong
limbed was somewhat light-waisted. >
But skillful and judicious breeding has
produced an animal which may well be
regarded as a model for a heavy draught-
horse They possess sloping shoulders,
good limbs, we'll ''fcathered" around the
fetlOcks, well-sprung ribs, deep barrel
chest, and muscular quarters. The exten-
sive importation of these horses into the
United States has added an important
element to the horse stock of the West,
where they are highly appreciated. Great
care is used, both in the land of their orr
gin and in this country, to preserve the
purity of the breed, and encourage breed
ing to the highest type. The stud-books
of Great Britain and of America are con
Quoted with the greatest care, to guard
against the registry of any but pure bred
animals. The respective associations OF
Clvdesdale breeders in both countries Of
fer liberal premiums for annual competi-
tive exhibitions. In this and other re-
spects both associations have always shown
broad and liberal spirit of enterprise
american AQriculturist.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26

to maturity before putting them in the
sllo. The advantages are that they con-
tain more nutriment and the smaller per
cent. of water allows the heating to
reach higher point.
Dwarf peas seldom afford more than
one picking, though they come early.
The fall varieties require more labor land
sticking), but they afford several crops,
and do not ripen all the pods at the same
time. Seed for a late supply may be
planted even as late as now, but the
crop will not be heavy.
Young turkeys do not thrive in con-
finement. Wandering about seems neces-
sary for their development. Damp Is
fatal to them. They should be kept
fastened up till the early dew is off, and
then allowed to roam. Chopped green
food, especially onion tops, mixed with
soaked bread, etc, will make them
thrive.
In applying any liquid mixture to de-
stroy insects, like the kerosene and soap
mixture for plant lice, or Buhach and
water for the cabbage caterpillar, Prof.
A. J. Cook urges that the liquid be
thrown on with much force, so that it
will scatter everywhere. 1t is not the
amount of poison, but the thorough dis
tribution, that should engage attention.
Procure new crop turnip seed and have
the ground fine. The rows may be wide
apart, so as to allow of working with the
cultivator. The ground should be as
fine as an ash-heap. Drop the seed in
small clusters, about six inches apart in
the rows, as the insects will often deg
stroy young turnips. If too thick when
up they can be thinned out. Too much
| fine, well-rotted manure cannot be used
on turnips. Do not put turnips on ground
occupied by corn the previous year.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
WISE WORDS.

Speaking without thinking IS shooting
without aiming.
if you speak what you will, you shall
hear what you dislike.
Impose not a burden on others which
you cannot bear yourself.
The more important an animal IS to be
the lower is its start. Man, the noblest
of all, is born lowest.
Gayetv is TO good humor as perfume TO
vegetable fragrance; the one overpowers
weak spirits, the other recreates and re
wives them.
Conversation IS the music OF the MIND.
an intellectual orchestra, where all the
instruments should bear part, but
where none should play together.
A man who hath no virtue in himself
ever envieth virtue in others; for mems
minds will either feed upon their own
good, or upon others evil; and who
wanteth the one will prey upon the
other.
1t is the part of wisdom to enjoy what
we have, rather than to make life miser-
able by pining for things beyond our
reach The poorest among Us are in
possession of luxuries denied to kings n
few centuries ago.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Box Stalls for Horses.

The stable for the horse should be of
good size. The narrow dimensions of
many of the stalls are a positive cruelty
to horses. They are built too narrow to
enable the horse to extend his limbs when
convenient. He is compelled, when in
recumbent position, to double his limbs
UP under him, and his legs are thus kept
cramped, when they should be completely
at rest. Box-stalls permit the animal to
choose its position and change it at
pleasure. Comfort is essential to health,
and it is evident that the animal can not
be comfortable when closely tied in a
narrow stall. The stalls should be kept
clean, and the floor daily sprinkled with
some good absorbent, a. gypsum, to
absorb the foul odors continually arising
Absorbents are not generally used freely
enough about stables. Besides having
pure air for the animal to breathe, a
stable that is stored full of hay and
grain ought to be kept well ventilated,
and kept clean, that the impurities of the
air may not penetrate these. All food
should be kept as pure as possible.
Cleanliness about the stable is just as
important to the health of the horse, as
cleanliness about the house is important
to the health of the family.
AGricuLturtSt.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
The Heart After DecapitatiOn.

DR.. Charcot, the famous hypnotizer,
has recently had chance of examining
immediately after decapitation one OF
the four per cent. of French murderers
who get executed. Thanks to the as
sistance of the police, his examination
commenced two seconds after the knife
of the guillotine had fallen; and the
head even then had ceased to give any
signs of life, though muscular movement
continued in the neighborhood of the
Jaw until the sixth second. But the
beating of the heart, caused by the in
fux of blood, actually continued for
sixty minutes. The conclusion finally
arrived at was that the death of the
quillotired man had not been caused by
asphyxia. The violent irritation of the
nerves of the neck. it was decided, had
reacted upon the heart and death fol-
lowed the shock.-LOndOn Figaro.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
Happy Thought.

at Is too bad" said the managing
editor to the funny man; here is q
man in the counting-room desiring to
put in q big advertisement, and the
editor in chief and the publisher are
both ct the beach"
We'll, can't you manage that your
self?"
We'll, not very well. Somebody Ii
wanted to swear to the circulation"
~Oh, see."
unfortunate, isn't it?"
Il should say so. What's to be
done?"
"Can't you swear to it"
why, man, they won't accept me-
Misery! Will do?"
%Youl Absurd"
"Too bad oh, by the way, Is the
religious editor here?"
Gracious goodness, yes! Why didn't
think of it before? He'll be accepted
without a murmur."
The thing is done at once.-Bosto1I
Courier.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
Farm and Garden Notes.

Manure is the farmers savings bank.
Beware of lice on fowls at this season.
Catnip is regarded as a valuable plant
for bees.
Avoid feeding too much corn to grow
ing pigs.
Sift the cinders out before using coal
ashes for the chickens dust-bOx.
Pretty country homes are becoming
more common than they used to be.
There is a growing determination on
the part of farmers not to wash the wool
on sheep.
Farmers complain that the English
sparrow destroys the buds Of fruit trees
and bushes.
Those who feed bran to horses largely
are most in favor of it, according to F.
d. Coburn.
Colonel F. D. Curtis suggests that
''more come bossv, and less get around
there, will fill the pail"
The horse that works in the long, hot
days wants dry shoulder and a clean
collar, says Stephen Powers.
The willow, elm and poplar figure
among the most troublesome of trees for
filing up drains with their roots.
Cut out the canes of raspberries that
have borne fruit this year and stake up
the canes for bearing next season.
Sawdust and lime make a very tough,
firm, enduring plaster, which can be used
to much advantage in patching walls,
1ues, etc.
The farmer who leaves expensive i'm
plements exposed to the weather Is usual
ly one who finds that ''there is no money
IN farming"
An expression of opinions at recent
meeting of farmers developed the fact
that most of them inclined to cut hay
when in full bloom.
On rich land it always pays to SOW
clover with orchard grass, as they r1pen
about the same time, and the orchard
grass will hold the clover up. This is an
old rule
A crop of fodder corn is not only a
useful resource in time of drouth, but, as
the american Dairyman suggests, Eek
cellent for Kidding the ground of many
troublesome kinds of weeds"
One part corn meal, two parts bran,
two parts of fground oats, one part
ground meat, one part of mlddllngs,
little bone meal and salt scalded and fed
early in the morning, is reported a good
reproducing food.
Mr.. S. NJ. Palmer says: "When one OF
your team horses is more tender IN the
mouth, and especially if a little the
slower make his lines two or three inches
longer than the faster horse and they
will travel much evener."
To have a good turnip patch the
preparation of the land should begin
earl y. No crop grown requires more
thorough fixing of the soil or heavier
manuring. The turnip feeds voraciously
and seldom is enough manure used.
1t is claimed that corn, clover and
other crops arc now generally allowed to
pass the succulent stage and come nearly
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
The worlds Largest Cities.

The following Information, says the
Pull Mall gazette, is often inquired for,
and. as it may be useful in many cases
for reference, we have complied table
of the largest cities of the world, with
their populations as stated by the latest
authorities. In the absence of any official
census the Chinese cities have simply to
be estimated, and of course must be ac-
copied as an approximation only We
have not given any city whose population
is below 500, 900, though there are many
we could enumerate which closely APP
proach that figure. 1t will be seen that
IN the thirtv-five cities tabulated below
there are 32,51O, 319 souls, or nearly the
nonulation of the British Isles, fact
which cannot be grasped in moment by
o,,,- ordinary intellect:
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
A GANG OF ASSASSINS.
Sixty Persons Murdered and Plum
dered in Servia.

gang of murSierers has just been arrested
at Prot, in Servia, Their victims during the
past two years number sixty. Disguised as
ge14darmes, the aSSaSSins pretended to arrest
travellers for various ofenScs, and then robbed
and killed them
deputy OF the Project Of Prot was the
first person arrested for completely in the
crimes II is believed that political motives
derS-
Two French newspaper men and Prince
Alexanders groom were among the victims
An official committee Of inquiry has been dis
patched 70 Prot
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26

A paper beer bottle is to be the next
achievement in the bottle line Ink,
paints. oils and certain acids have for
some time past been put in paper bottles,
as being safer from breakage and freeZ-
ing than those made of glass.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
Goods Rush in Where. Angels Fear tn
Trend

So impetuous youth is often given TO folly
and indisCretiOns; and, result, nervous,
mental and organic debility follow, memory Is
impaired, self-confidence is lacking; AT night
bad dreams occur, premature old age seems
setting in ruin is in the track. In confidence you
can, and should write TO DR.. R.N. Pierce, OF Buff
falo, y. V, the author of treatise for the BEN
eft of that class of patients. and describe your
symptoms and sufferings. He can cure you at
your home, and will send you full particulars
nv mail
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
"Is there no balm in Gilead2

Is there physician there?"
Thanks to DIR. Pierce, there is a balm in his
"Golden Medical DiscOvery'-a balm for
every wound" to health, from colds, coughs.
consumption, bronchitis, and all chronic, Dlood'
lung and liver affections. OF druggists.
British army.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26
To I.adiea

Suffering from functional arrangements or any
of the painful disorders or weaknesses incident
to the SEX DR.. Pierces treatise, illustrated with
wood-cutS and colored plates (ltO pages, sug-
9ests sure means of complete self-cure. sent
for 10 cents in stamps. Address Worlds Dis
Association. BuffalO. n. Y.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26

ACCORDING to records kept for many years
London fogs are becoming less frequent every
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at 2oc- per bottle
ROYAL GLUE mends anything! Broken Chi.
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs 81 Gro
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable TO
use. 1t is not LIQUID a snuff. SOC.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-26

P1TrsBURG losses out 5000 tons of spikes a
month to faSten rails.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-16

paid price for their repeated publication Our market
opened up at about the Equivalent OF London 1gures
Stocks purchased yesterday-and they were
not purchased by the "bears showed profits OF
from 1d2 per cent On yesterdays purchases there
heavy realizatlons which checked the upward
and decline about L. per cent followed.
succeeded by dull and unnieresting movement until
the issue Of the bank statement at 1895 o'clock. That
statement was favorable from every point OF view. ex-
cep the apparent unaccounted for disappearance OF the
gold mpoi ted during the week It, however, was the
pretext for attack values. and during the
last halfhour figures were ratified off that In some
instances the final prices lower than the lowest Of
yesterday. Tho bears were active and resorted to
every known device to reduce values. No organized
opposition opposed them. and they successfully accom-
pshed their purpose prices the expense OF an in
creased interest the short side The market closed
at the lowest prices OF the day, but not weak
Government bonds dull and steady at unchanged
quotations az follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-16
VII.
Eaton Place. Frid

Eaton Place FRIDAY afternoon
1 cried myself TO sleep last night (or rather at
and only down stars AT III
O'Clock to-day, ready dressed for the journey, an1
having break tasted In my own room. L was
ut,cfly urcu out and could not lace even IA
scattered Breakfast larty, 30 that tue fatigue OF
the ball welcome excuse. HE Marquis
had long ago lett, and only Dora, Mr.. Gienicll
ana ny sell were now about 10 start IN the omnl-
bus the Cthor guests departing by different trains
and III uiiiCichi airccuons dufing the day, and
Mrs. Clement ana TWO or three more having at
the last moment agreed 10 remain I'LL the follow
ing morning.
OF our long journey, long Dora was with
us, l have not much 10 relate. She is "a good
glil, but 1 never found her so unnteresung as
to-day. She and 1 sat opposite 10 each other IN
the railway carriage, whilst Mr.. Grcnfc1l occupied
the further end-we had no other companions.
Mr.. GrenfeIl had provided us With number Of
illustrated papers, and busted himself IN cutting
anu arranging them for us. Dora was delighted,
but /, though glad to shelter myself behind the
large comfortable pages could neither see nor
Understand their contents. As the train rushed
On IL seemed 10 Inc though were ghost Of
myself, sitting IN one OF the empty seats, watch
Ing my real self and Specializing what 10 be-
come OF me. AT anOther moment | felt like the
train itself, hnrrying and flying on into the
known empty space OF the future, my soul rocking
with a strange and painful vibration | could
not gathering thoughts together, nor contr them
and could barely trust myself TO speak, even to
DORA My voice sounded dissOnant in nv own
ears seemed 10 have lost all mastery over it.
Mr. Grenfell, however, might have been congratu-
iated on the extraordinary mastery he had
achieved over himself As he sat By the window
turning over his newspaper the strong side-hgh
nArssed the Outline of his grave Gestures which,
ssoush they might be termed deeidcdiy "irregu-